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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicWealth inequality

Topic: wealth inequality

India’s poor little rich people have it so bad. Money just can’t buy them freedom

There is terrible news for India’s one-percenters, who control '60% of India’s total wealth' — or $11.6 trillion in assets.

Not politicians, India’s wealthiest families underreporting incomes, finds study by DSE director

Reported income decreases with increasing wealth, Ram Singh's study shows, suggesting wealthiest families under-report incomes by indulging in tax evasion or avoidance tactics.

There are two kinds of rich Indians. One believes in India story, other flees the country

While it is unfortunate that a large number of High Net Worth Individuals have left India and taken citizenship elsewhere, the number of HNIs in the country is continuously increasing.

Informal jobs, child labour & press freedom rank — what global media says can hinder India’s growth

International voices discuss 'crackdown' on journalists, shortage of quality jobs & 'rising inequality' but also how hedge funds are profiting from India's booming options market.

Congress attacks on Ambani-Adani won’t fly. Nature of wealth has changed since Indira days

Sam Pitroda can help Congress by pasting some strong, sticky tape all over his mouth and then spending the rest of the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign in silence. He has done enough damage already.

Our beliefs about poverty are flawed. Let communities lead the change, give them resources

The social and economic gaps continue to grow even though well-intentioned people in the world have spent trillions to fight poverty. Our approach is wrong.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.